over the last 40 years in America, the average new house has been getting larger. Our expectations change and we are unwilling to live as compactly as our grandparents did.
How many people lived in your grandparents’ home? How many live in your home (adjust for square footage). Did your grandparents have a game room? a home office? a room for the pets?
The good news is that the trend seems to have peaked, and we are seeing fewer of these McMansions than in the past decade.